Colossians 1:21-23

Spiritual Growth 3. Its Necessity I We commenced the last chapter by pointing out that none can possibly make any progress in the Christian life unless he first be a Christian and then devoted the remainder to defining and describing what a "Christian" is. It is indeed striking to note that this tit... Read More

Spiritual Growth 5. Its Analogy I An "analogy" is an agreement or correspondence in certain respects between things which otherwise differ, and just as it is often an aid to obtaining the force of a word by considering its synonyms, so it frequently helps us to a better understanding of a subject or... Read More

We shall now consider one of the most illustrious characters set before us in the pages of Holy Writ, one who is expressly designated "the friend of God" (Jam. 2:23), and from whom Christ Himself derives one of His titles, "the son of Abraham" (Matthew 1:1). Not only was he the one from whom the fav... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION 10. ITS RESULTS The justification of the believer is absolute, complete, final. "It is God that justifieth" (Rom. 8:33), and "I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it" (Eccl. 3:14). So absolute and in... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 1 Its Distinctions Before taking up our subject in a positive and constructive manner it seems advisable that we should endeavor to remove a misapprehension under which a number of our readers are laboring, and which requires to be cleared up before they will b... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 11 Its Effectuation-Continued That which is here to engage our attention is the work performed by the Mediator in order to heal the breach between a righteous God and His sinful people and thus effect a mutual reconciliation. This will bring before us the most ... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 14 Its Meaning It may seem strange to some that we have deferred until now a consideration of the meaning of "reconciliation," and to the critical reader it must appear as a real defect. Ordinarily a writer should define the terms which he uses at the beginning... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 15 Its Meaning-Continued In our last chapter we pointed out the needs-be for and the importance of making a clear distinction between the Atonement and reconciliation, that the sacrifice of Christ was the cause and the means of which reconciliation was the effe... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 17 Its Meaning-Concluded A beautiful type of what we have contended for in these articles is found in Genesis 8. In the preceding chapter we behold the fearful judgment of God under the antediluvian world because of its wickedness—solemn figure of what our Sinb... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 23 Its Reception-Continued In our last we sought to show that the words "be reconciled to God" (2 Cor. 5:20) are not an exhortation unto saints to acquiesce in the Divine providences or to render submission to His discipline and ordinances, but instead, that th... Read More